Making Miss India Miss World
constructing gender, power, and the nation in postliberalization India
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2008 - Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
61,250 words, Guess
Page Count
245 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemakingmissindiam00dewe_462
- Internet Archivemakingmissindiam0000dewe
- Internet Archivemakingmissindiam00dewe
- ISBN-100815631766
- ISBN-139780815631767
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2007037079
- OCLC Control Number171613957
- Better World Books9780815631767
- Open LibraryOL16867543M
Classifications
- DDC306.4/613
- LCCHQ1743 .D49 2008
- LCCHQ1743.D49 2008
Description
"For almost half a century, the Miss India competition has been a prominent feature of Indian popular culture, influencing over time the conventional standard for female beauty. Through the unexpected lens of the 2003 beauty pageant, Susan Dewey's Making Miss India Miss World examines what feminine beauty has come to mean in a country transformed by recent political, economic, and cultural developments."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series Statement
- Gender and globalization
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